[09:39.72]W: Well, only on weekends.
[09:41.80]M: I want to talk to the manager.
[09:43.77]W: Wait, wait, wait... Mr. Nelson,
[09:46.39]I think I can give you an additional 15% discount...
[09:50.23]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation
[09:56.46]you have just heard.
[09:58.43]19. What’s the man’s problem?
[10:18.47]20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn’t
[10:24.15]have any rooms for that night?
[10:41.38]21. What did the clerk say about the breakfast in the hotel?
[11:02.87]22. What did the man imply he would do
[11:09.10]at the end of the conversation?
[11:27.85]Conversation Two
[11:30.15]M: Sarah, you work in the Admissions Office, don’t you?
[11:34.64]W: Yes, I am... I’ve been here ten years as an Assistant Director.
[11:41.75]M: Really? What does that involve?
[11:44.70]W: Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of
[11:47.66]postgraduate students in the university.
[11:50.72]M: Only postgraduates?
[11:52.47]W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all
[11:55.64]to do with undergraduates.
[11:57.61]M: Do you find that you get particular... sort of...
[12:01.99]different national groups? I mean,
[12:05.16]do you get large numbers from Latin America or...
[12:08.23]W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year,
[12:12.49]nearly half were from overseas.
[12:15.12]They were from African countries, the Far East,
[12:18.40]the Middle East, and Latin America.
[12:20.81]M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years,
[12:25.62]or, have you done other things?
[12:27.48]W: Well, I’ve been doing the same job. Er, before that,
[12:33.17]I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham,
[12:36.45]and further back, I worked in the local government.
[12:39.74]M: Oh, I see.
[12:41.38]W: So I’ve done different types of things.
[12:43.67]M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job
[12:47.39]might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into
[12:51.22]a different kind of responsibility or doing something...
[12:54.83]W: Oh, yeah, from October 1,
[12:57.89]I’ll be doing an entirely different job.
[12:59.87]There’s going to be more committee work.
[13:02.27]I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students,
[13:06.43]unfortunately... I’ll miss my contact with students.
[13:10.37]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[13:18.90]23. What is the woman’s present position?
[13:37.09]24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled
[13:45.08]last year in the woman’s university?
[14:03.06]25. What will the woman’s new job be like?
[14:22.70]Section B
[14:25.65]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[14:31.56]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[14:36.15]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[14:40.74]After you hear a question,
[14:43.74]you must choose the best answer from the four choices
[14:46.34]marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter
[14:53.67]on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
[14:58.92]Passage One
[15:01.55]My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy.
[15:05.92]She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926.
[15:09.65]They lived in Chicago when my grandfather
[15:15.01]worked making ice cream. Mama thrived in the urban environment.
[15:20.15]At 16, she graduated first in her high school class,
[15:24.74]went onto secretarial school, and finally worked
[15:28.79]as an executive secretary for a railroad company.
[15:32.18]She was beautiful too. When a local photographer
[15:36.45]used her pictures in his monthly window display,
[15:39.51]she felt pleased. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting
[15:43.78]by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown,
[15:46.51]her gaze reaching toward the horizon.
[15:49.47]My parents were married in 1944.
[15:53.41]Dad was a quiet and intelligent man.
[15:57.02]He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after,
[16:01.72]a hit-and-run accident left him with a permanent limp.
[16:05.11]Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers
[16:09.71]on their break. He had little formal schooling.
[16:13.50]His English was self-taught. Yet he eventually built
[16:17.76]a small successful wholesale candy business.
[16:20.50]Dad was generous and handsome. Mama was devoted to him.
[16:25.75]After she married, my mother quit her job
[16:30.45]and gave herself to her family. In 1950,
[16:34.18]with three small children, dad moved the family to a farm
[16:38.55]40 miles from Chicago. He worked land and commuted to
[16:42.82]the city to run his business. Mama said goodbye to
[16:47.09]her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood
[16:51.46]for a more isolated life. But she never complained.
[16:55.40]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[17:02.73]26. What does the speaker tell us
[17:07.65]about his mother’s early childhood?
[17:26.41]27. What do we learn about the speaker’s father?
[17:46.89]28. What does the speaker say about his mother?